Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla
Ó Dónaill, 1977
An Foclóir Beag
Ó Dónaill & Ua Maoileoin, 1991
English–Irish Dictionary
de Bhaldraithe, 1959
Gramadach
Foghraíocht
driongán
driopás
driopásach
drioscán
driosúr
driotháir
drip
dris
drischoill
dríscín
drise
driseach
driseacha
driseachán
driseog
driseogach
drisín
drisíneach
drisíneacht
drisiúr
drísle
drisleach
drisleog
dris, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eacha). 1. Bramble, briar. ~ chumhra, sweet briar. ~ chosáin, wayside bramble; annoying obstruction. Tá sé chomh nimhneach le ~, he is as prickly as a thorn. F: Dul faoi dhris, to be in luck (at cards). 2. Prickly, cantankerous, person. Is é an ~ é, he is such a cross-patch.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
In ~ sna driseacha, caught in the briars.
~ ar dris, stonechat.
~ driseacha, clump of briars.
Dris choilgneach, thorny briar.
An dris choilgneach sa chlúid, the crotchety one in the corner.
~ sa dris, caught in the briar.
In achrann sa dris, entangled in the briar.
Is dris ar ~ é, he is as lacerating as a briar.
Gearrtha ~tha ag na driseacha, torn and rent by briars.
Amach as na ~acha is isteach sna driseacha, out of the frying-pan into the fire.
Ní thig liom mo mhuinchille a réiteach as na driseacha, I can’t free my sleeve from the briars.
Anonn is anall ~ na driseacha, back and forth through the briars.
